1778 – Thomas Linley the younger, English violinist and composer known as the “English Mozart”, drowns in a boating accident at 22
1799 – Richard Howe, British admiral, dies at 73
1895 – Friedrich Engels, German social philosopher and revolutionary socialist who co-authored “The Communist Manifesto” with Karl Marx, dies of throat cancer at 74
1922 – Tommy McCarthy, American Baseball HOF outfielder (Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Quakers, St. Louis Browns), dies from cancer at 59
1931 – Ullrich Haupt, Prussian actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), accidentally shot at 43
1977 – Charles Carson, British actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 91
1980 – Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)
1987 – Zygmunt Mycielski, Polish composer, music writer and editor (Ruch Muzyczny, 1957-68), dies at 79
1996 – Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, dies at 68
2014 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 11th US Surgeon General (1969-73), dies at 87